Your all-in-one community health center in Lexington, Kentucky
Who We Are
Enhancing quality of life through transformative health care for all.
HealthFirst Bluegrass is an accessible community health center serving the Lexington, Kentucky, region.
Accessibility
We are a Federally-Qualified Health Center, which allows us to provide excellent care, regardless of ability to pay.
Team-Based Care
We are a patient-centered health home with collaborative practices that encourage optimal health outcomes.
Board of Directors
We are directed by a board with a HealthFirst Bluegrass patient majority.
Advocacy
We advocate for health equity in our community and develop partnerships that help us provide all-inclusive care for our patients.
Outreach
We meet people where they are with intentional outreach efforts that help remove barriers to optimal health.
Employment
We are a progressive team that is dedicated to excellence through diversity in all aspects of employment.
Get Involved
Help us provide transformative health care for all.
How We’re Different
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Team-Based Care
As a patient-centered health home, we use a team-based, culturally-appropriate approach to care. Our providers collaborate across specialties to create a plan of care for each patient. This evidence-based model is associated with greater patient and provider satisfaction, improved quality and increased preventative care.
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Affordable Services
We are a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC.) Ongoing federal funding allows us to offer excellent care regardless of a patient’s health insurance status.
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Health Care Equity
Our patients include a racial minority mix of 67%, and we serve 33% of our patients in a language other than English. HealthFirst Bluegrass is inclusive, and everyone is welcome.
That includes:
- Folx who identify as LGBTQIA+
- Those experiencing homelessness
- People from all socioeconomic backgrounds
- Immigrants & refugees
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Accessible Locations
We provide care in easily accessed locations. You can find us in schools, mobile clinics and facilities across 16 sites in Lexington, KY. See our locations here.
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Lifelong Support
Our friendly staff and excellent providers are why our patients come back year after year. We build lifelong relationships with our patients, promoting better health outcomes.
Areas of Care
Every part of your health is connected. We operate from an Integrated Care Model that addresses the whole of your health needs.
Special Programs
Care right where you need it.
Patient Assistance Fund
Our Patient Assistance Fund is dedicated to assisting HealthFirst patients in need during financial crises.
Affiliations
Awarded
After Hours Number:
For emergencies call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
HealthFirst Bluegrass is a Federally Qualified Health Care Center. Federally Qualified Health Centers are non-profit, consumer-directed health care corporations that provide comprehensive primary and preventive healthcare services which receive grants under the U.S. Public Health Service Act (i.e. Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Programs, Health Care for the Homeless Programs, Health Care in Public Housing Programs, Indian Tribal Health Centers, 42 U.S.C. 254b). HealthFirst Bluegrass employees are deemed Public Health Service employees under 42 U.S.C. 233(g) – (n).
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